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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/151823495Future Human Visionaries #12 — Jan Boelen on the multidimensional museumThu, 29 May 2014 11:48:31 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-12-jan-boelen-on-the-multidimensional-museum
00:11:27The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Jan Boelen is a Belgian art curator and academic who is the director of the Z33 gallery in Hassalt, Belgium. Z33 run art exhibitions that imagine future societies and the issues they will face. He describes the tension between physical and digital experience in our everyday lives, and how this is shaping contemporary artwork.
How are museums making themselves a multidimensional experience for visitors? Is the idea of the ‘post-institutional’ museum just a fanciful dream? And is there a danger that the complex ambitions of modern cultural institutions will alienate visitors? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Jan Boelen is a Belgian art curator and academic who is the director of the Z33 gallery in Hassalt, Belgium. Z33 run art exhibitions that imagine future societies and the issues they will face. He describes the tension between physical and digital experience in our everyday lives, and how this is shaping contemporary artwork.
How are museums making themselves a multidimensional experience for visitors? Is the idea of the ‘post-institutional’ museum just a fanciful dream? And is there a danger that the complex ambitions of modern cultural institutions will alienate visitors? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/150706627Future Human Visionaries #11 — Superflux on biologically inspired designThu, 22 May 2014 07:10:05 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-11-superflux-on-biologically-inspired-design
00:15:11The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Anab Jain and Jon Arden are the directors of Superflux, a design consultancy and research lab based in India and the UK. The work of Superflux focuses on how emerging technologies are changing our everyday life and environment, with the ambition of helping companies make these tools more accessible.
They describe how breakthroughs in synthetic biology are informing their work, from gene sequencing projects that seek to identify the alleles that determine human intelligence to DARPA’s efforts to create ‘natural drones’ by hacking the brains of bees.
How can designers shape the way advanced technologies are experienced and understood by the general public? And will their role grow increasingly redundant at a time when products can be designed anywhere in the world, and then manufactured locally and cheaply at great speed? Presented by Ben Beaumont Thomas. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Anab Jain and Jon Arden are the directors of Superflux, a design consultancy and research lab based in India and the UK. The work of Superflux focuses on how emerging technologies are changing our everyday life and environment, with the ambition of helping companies make these tools more accessible.
They describe how breakthroughs in synthetic biology are informing their work, from gene sequencing projects that seek to identify the alleles that determine human intelligence to DARPA’s efforts to create ‘natural drones’ by hacking the brains of bees.
How can designers shape the way advanced technologies are experienced and understood by the general public? And will their role grow increasingly redundant at a time when products can be designed anywhere in the world, and then manufactured locally and cheaply at great speed? Presented by Ben Beaumont Thomas. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/149467859Future Human Visionaries #10 — Claire Jamieson on the architect of 2020Wed, 14 May 2014 10:04:37 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-10-claire-jamieson-on-the-architect-of-2020
00:14:50The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Claire Jamieson is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) thinktank ‘Building Futures’. Building Futures are a group of experts who research long term scenarios for the architectural industry, projecting how buildings and urban spaces will change as a result of social, technological, demographic and environmental changes.
Is the core remit of architecture moving away from building design towards anticipating the demands of a future society? And if so, how will architects reorganise their practises to serve these needs, and balance them with commercial imperatives? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Claire Jamieson is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) thinktank ‘Building Futures’. Building Futures are a group of experts who research long term scenarios for the architectural industry, projecting how buildings and urban spaces will change as a result of social, technological, demographic and environmental changes.
Is the core remit of architecture moving away from building design towards anticipating the demands of a future society? And if so, how will architects reorganise their practises to serve these needs, and balance them with commercial imperatives? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/148423459Future Human Visionaries #9 — Ken Arnold on the ‘post-institutional’ museumWed, 07 May 2014 22:11:14 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-9-ken-arnold-on-the-post-institutional-museum
00:12:48The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Ken Arnold is the head of Public Programmes at the Wellcome Collection, a world renowned museum that explores ideas connecting medicine, art and everyday life. As the principal manager of their public exhibitions, he describes the changing role of the museum amid a culture that is increasingly shaped by new digital technologies and services.
Will the ‘post-institutional’ museum curate expertise instead of artefacts? And might cultural institutions that help us understand our past evolve into public theatres for the futurological visions of artists and scientists? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts.Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Ken Arnold is the head of Public Programmes at the Wellcome Collection, a world renowned museum that explores ideas connecting medicine, art and everyday life. As the principal manager of their public exhibitions, he describes the changing role of the museum amid a culture that is increasingly shaped by new digital technologies and services.
Will the ‘post-institutional’ museum curate expertise instead of artefacts? And might cultural institutions that help us understand our past evolve into public theatres for the futurological visions of artists and scientists? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/147204196Future Human Visionaries #8 — Rebecca Earley on the use of synthetic biology in textilesWed, 30 Apr 2014 11:09:49 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-8-rebecca-earley-on-the-use-of-synthetic-biology-in-textiles
00:13:24The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Rebecca Earley is the head of the Textile Futures Research Centre (TFRC) at the University of the Arts London. The TFRC analyses how clothing can enhance personal wellbeing and lifestyle, conducting collaborative research projects with textiles designers, fashion entrepreneurs and scientists. Earley’s own work focuses on the environmental footprint of textile production, and how emerging technologies and production techniques can affect this.
She describes how synthetic biology will transform the textiles and materials used to manufacture clothes and apparel. Potential applications include wearable devices that release fragrances or pharmaceuticals to enhance our mood, leather that naturally moulds itself to the contours of our feet, and ‘distributed manufacturing’ that sees complex sequins and embroidery produced cheaply by 3D printers. But will scientific breakthroughs really reduce the environmental impact of mass fashion consumerism? And are visions of clothes technology improving our health overstated? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Rebecca Earley is the head of the Textile Futures Research Centre (TFRC) at the University of the Arts London. The TFRC analyses how clothing can enhance personal wellbeing and lifestyle, conducting collaborative research projects with textiles designers, fashion entrepreneurs and scientists. Earley’s own work focuses on the environmental footprint of textile production, and how emerging technologies and production techniques can affect this.
She describes how synthetic biology will transform the textiles and materials used to manufacture clothes and apparel. Potential applications include wearable devices that release fragrances or pharmaceuticals to enhance our mood, leather that naturally moulds itself to the contours of our feet, and ‘distributed manufacturing’ that sees complex sequins and embroidery produced cheaply by 3D printers. But will scientific breakthroughs really reduce the environmental impact of mass fashion consumerism? And are visions of clothes technology improving our health overstated? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/145910855Future Human Visionaries #7 — Michael Stöppler on corporate science fictionTue, 22 Apr 2014 12:53:20 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-7-michael-stoppler-on-corporate-science-fiction
00:15:26The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Michael Stöppler is an entrepreneur and former academic who is leading the research project ‘Brand Fiction Space’ for the German car company Audi. Brand Fiction Space is an experimental venture that is rethinking the long term future of the company: they are doing this by commissioning some of the world’s leading science fiction authors, including William Gibson, China Mieville and Bruce Sterling, to work with filmmakers to produce films on the evolution of mobility in the 21st century.
How might corporate science fiction shape the strategic planning of modern companies? Stöppler argues that while 20th century urban development and population trends were dominated by the motor car, this trend will likely slow in the 21st century. But can a car marque like Audi truly ‘disentangle’ itself from the product it manufactures? And why should leading corporations seek to mutate themselves when they are already profitable? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Michael Stöppler is an entrepreneur and former academic who is leading the research project ‘Brand Fiction Space’ for the German car company Audi. Brand Fiction Space is an experimental venture that is rethinking the long term future of the company: they are doing this by commissioning some of the world’s leading science fiction authors, including William Gibson, China Mieville and Bruce Sterling, to work with filmmakers to produce films on the evolution of mobility in the 21st century.
How might corporate science fiction shape the strategic planning of modern companies? Stöppler argues that while 20th century urban development and population trends were dominated by the motor car, this trend will likely slow in the 21st century. But can a car marque like Audi truly ‘disentangle’ itself from the product it manufactures? And why should leading corporations seek to mutate themselves when they are already profitable? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/144787797Future Human Visionaries #6 — Mary Ryan on the impact of nanotechnologyTue, 15 Apr 2014 10:01:58 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-6-mary-ryan-on-the-impact-of-nanotechnology
00:14:22The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Mary Ryan is professor of materials science and nanotechnology at Imperial College London. Her work focuses the use of nanotechnology within electrochemistry, exploring how tiny ‘nanomaterials' can strengthen metals.
Could the visualisation and assembly of materials on an atomic scale disrupt our economic landscape? Professor Ryan analyses the potential of ‘atomically precise manufacturing’ and it’s capacity to build programmable, self-replicating machines. How might global economics shift in a world where complex, microscopic robots cost less to produce than a single printed character in a daily newspaper?
She argues that the commercial potential of nanotechnology, which has led military, security and energy corporations to engage in a science funding arms race, is blinding scientists to the fears of the general public. How can scientists involve citizens in an informed debate about a technology that could greatly enhance human civilisation yet also damage it forcefully? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Mary Ryan is professor of materials science and nanotechnology at Imperial College London. Her work focuses the use of nanotechnology within electrochemistry, exploring how tiny ‘nanomaterials' can strengthen metals.
Could the visualisation and assembly of materials on an atomic scale disrupt our economic landscape? Professor Ryan analyses the potential of ‘atomically precise manufacturing’ and it’s capacity to build programmable, self-replicating machines. How might global economics shift in a world where complex, microscopic robots cost less to produce than a single printed character in a daily newspaper?
She argues that the commercial potential of nanotechnology, which has led military, security and energy corporations to engage in a science funding arms race, is blinding scientists to the fears of the general public. How can scientists involve citizens in an informed debate about a technology that could greatly enhance human civilisation yet also damage it forcefully? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/143673372Future Human Visionaries #5 — Wouter Vantisphout on societal engineeringTue, 08 Apr 2014 10:29:30 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-5
00:15:36The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Wouter Vantisphout is the founder of the Crimson Architectural Historians Collective, and works at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Rather than operate in an academic context, Wouter and the Crimson Collective apply their expertise to live architectural projects.
He explains how the Crimson Collective transformed a 1960s modernist utopian social housing project in the Rotterdam town of Hoogvliet. By 2000 the town had fallen into a pattern of deindustrialisation, social ghettoisation and criminal activity until Crimson Collective realised a ‘techno pastoral’ vision of the town, which was focused on a very moral ideal of public social activity that became celebrated around the world. What role can architects play in shaping the values of a society? And can the social housing projects of the 21st century learn from the failures of past architectural utopians? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Wouter Vantisphout is the founder of the Crimson Architectural Historians Collective, and works at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Rather than operate in an academic context, Wouter and the Crimson Collective apply their expertise to live architectural projects.
He explains how the Crimson Collective transformed a 1960s modernist utopian social housing project in the Rotterdam town of Hoogvliet. By 2000 the town had fallen into a pattern of deindustrialisation, social ghettoisation and criminal activity until Crimson Collective realised a ‘techno pastoral’ vision of the town, which was focused on a very moral ideal of public social activity that became celebrated around the world. What role can architects play in shaping the values of a society? And can the social housing projects of the 21st century learn from the failures of past architectural utopians? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/142418798Future Human Visionaries #4— Zoe Laughlin on emerging materialsMon, 31 Mar 2014 22:19:45 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-4-zoe
00:13:56The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Zoe Laughlin is an artist and the co-founder of the Materials Library at University College London (UCL). She is also the co-founder of UCL’s ‘Institute of Making’, which researches emerging materials, and the manufacturing processes that employ these, such as 3D printing.
She describes how the changing properties of artificial materials are seeing scientists create objects with improbable qualities: extreme elasticity, apparent indestructibility, refractive ‘invisibility’ and even an ability to self-repair damage. How rapidly will such developments in materials science transform the industrial sphere, consumer culture and our basic understanding of the physical objects that surround us? And might emerging materials with similar qualities be used to fortify the human body? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Zoe Laughlin is an artist and the co-founder of the Materials Library at University College London (UCL). She is also the co-founder of UCL’s ‘Institute of Making’, which researches emerging materials, and the manufacturing processes that employ these, such as 3D printing.
She describes how the changing properties of artificial materials are seeing scientists create objects with improbable qualities: extreme elasticity, apparent indestructibility, refractive ‘invisibility’ and even an ability to self-repair damage. How rapidly will such developments in materials science transform the industrial sphere, consumer culture and our basic understanding of the physical objects that surround us? And might emerging materials with similar qualities be used to fortify the human body? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/141239614Future Human Visionaries #3 — Liam Young on utopian architectureMon, 24 Mar 2014 21:44:06 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-3
00:15:41The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Liam Young is an architect at the thinktank Tomorrows Thoughts Today. Their work focuses on researching ‘urban futures’, and examining past visions of future buildings to better understand the contemporary evolution of their industry.
He describes how he works with production designers and special effects teams from movies such as Alien and Blade Runner to visualise the role of the city in a digital world. Could we see the emergence of ‘data suburbs’, a technologically stratified housing market, and ‘weaponised connectivity’, as governments and corporations seek to control urban environments? And are utopian visions of architecture useful or profoundly misleading? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Liam Young is an architect at the thinktank Tomorrows Thoughts Today. Their work focuses on researching ‘urban futures’, and examining past visions of future buildings to better understand the contemporary evolution of their industry.
He describes how he works with production designers and special effects teams from movies such as Alien and Blade Runner to visualise the role of the city in a digital world. Could we see the emergence of ‘data suburbs’, a technologically stratified housing market, and ‘weaponised connectivity’, as governments and corporations seek to control urban environments? And are utopian visions of architecture useful or profoundly misleading? Presented by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/140086116Future Human Visionaries #2 – Cher Potter on trend forecastingMon, 17 Mar 2014 21:43:37 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-2
00:13:20The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Cher Potter is a senior editor at the fashion forecasting company WGSN. She analyses sociopolitical and cultural trends and their potential impact on the fashion industry – in essence, predicting probable futures.
How do trend forecasters identify the cultural shifts that shape consumer attitudes? Potter explains how the trend analysts make sense of a complex web of consumer behaviours, and how the narratives they craft manifest themselves in fashion products on the high street. But will trend forecasting services like WGSN see their influence wane as customers and manufacturers source more information online? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts. Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Cher Potter is a senior editor at the fashion forecasting company WGSN. She analyses sociopolitical and cultural trends and their potential impact on the fashion industry – in essence, predicting probable futures.
How do trend forecasters identify the cultural shifts that shape consumer attitudes? Potter explains how the trend analysts make sense of a complex web of consumer behaviours, and how the narratives they craft manifest themselves in fashion products on the high street. But will trend forecasting services like WGSN see their influence wane as customers and manufacturers source more information online? Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts. tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/138889604Future Human Visionaries #1— Owen Holland on replicating consciousnessMon, 10 Mar 2014 17:25:01 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/future-human-visionaries-1
00:12:34The Future Human PodcastnoWelcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Owen Holland is professor of cognitive robotics at the University of Sussex, where he works to simulate human intelligence in robots. His research similarly focuses on analysing the potential for engineering machine consciousness.
What is consciousness, what does it do and how did it evolve? Professor Holland explains why knowledge of the conscious processes of our mind will become deeper and more distributed in the years to come, and why this will lead to a ‘reconception’ of the human mind. Might the neuronal systems of the brain be replicated to create artificial consciousness? And if so, would machine consciousness be superior to our own?Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts.Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to fu…Welcome to Visionaries, a podcast dedicated to futurological thinkers brought to you by Future Human and the V&A. We seek out people who are reimagining innovation in their field, and ask them to apply their intelligence to emerging trends.
Owen Holland is professor of cognitive robotics at the University of Sussex, where he works to simulate human intelligence in robots. His research similarly focuses on analysing the potential for engineering machine consciousness.
What is consciousness, what does it do and how did it evolve? Professor Holland explains why knowledge of the conscious processes of our mind will become deeper and more distributed in the years to come, and why this will lead to a ‘reconception’ of the human mind. Might the neuronal systems of the brain be replicated to create artificial consciousness? And if so, would machine consciousness be superior to our own?Presented by Jack Gwilym Roberts.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/87013299#21 Smart SelfMon, 08 Apr 2013 22:32:33 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/21-smart-self
00:39:15The Future Human PodcastnoThe latest edition of The Future Human podcast is Smart Self, exploring the booming intersection between wearable technology and the self-improvement industry.
Following Moore’s Law, the power of computer chips has doubled every 18 months or so for the past 30 years, and this pattern has seen computing devices grow ever more personal: the PC, the laptop, the smartphone and now super personal smart devices that we wear on our bodies. Consequently, the line between our physical and virtual existence is blurring like never before, as a new wave of devices invite us to treat our bodies and minds like manipulable software.
But does wearable tech seek data for data's sake? Does 'quantifying our self' harness untapped human potential that can make us smarter and better, or merely make our lives increasingly public and incoherent? And can an algorithm ever trump human intuition?
Future Human’s founder Jack Gwilym Roberts hosts a conversation with three special guests: Marcus Codrington-Fernandez, a leading player in the British wearable health tech company Fitbug, and Ryan Genz and Francesca Rosella of the technology-augmented fashion house CuteCircuit. We’re also joined by Future Human’s very own Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
Together, they discuss how wearable devices can enhance our mood and help us be more creative and decisive, question how we will adapt and incorporate the emerging influx of data streams that analyse our physical and mental activities, and project scenarios for a new culture of anti-private, public lifestyles.
Find out more about innovation in an age of radical change at www.futurehuman.co.uk.
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Tweet us at www.twitter.com/futurehumanistaThe latest edition of The Future Human podcast is…The latest edition of The Future Human podcast is Smart Self, exploring the booming intersection between wearable technology and the self-improvement industry.
Following Moore’s Law, the power of computer chips has doubled every 18 months or so for the past 30 years, and this pattern has seen computing devices grow ever more personal: the PC, the laptop, the smartphone and now super personal smart devices that we wear on our bodies. Consequently, the line between our physical and virtual existence is blurring like never before, as a new wave of devices invite us to treat our bodies and minds like manipulable software.
But does wearable tech seek data for data's sake? Does 'quantifying our self' harness untapped human potential that can make us smarter and better, or merely make our lives increasingly public and incoherent? And can an algorithm ever trump human intuition?
Future Human’s founder Jack Gwilym Roberts hosts a conversation with three special guests: Marcus Codrington-Fernandez, a leading player in the British wearable health tech company Fitbug, and Ryan Genz and Francesca Rosella of the technology-augmented fashion house CuteCircuit. We’re also joined by Future Human’s very own Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
Together, they discuss how wearable devices can enhance our mood and help us be more creative and decisive, question how we will adapt and incorporate the emerging influx of data streams that analyse our physical and mental activities, and project scenarios for a new culture of anti-private, public lifestyles.
Find out more about innovation in an age of radical change at www.futurehuman.co.uk.
You can also:
Mail us at futurehuman@goodpublishing.co.uk
Tweet us at www.twitter.com/futurehumanistatag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/81024593#20 Small TVWed, 27 Feb 2013 08:19:21 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/20-small-tv
00:43:01The Future Human PodcastnoThe Future Human Podcast is back to offer a fresh dose of laudable audio and future tensity. In Small TV, we explore how software apps are metamorphosing the television industry.
The humble TV set is evolving into a rich computer interface: peripherals such as Sky+, Xbox, and Apple TV offer television shows on-demand, apps like BBC iPlayer access timeshifted broadcast material, and TV programmes offer ample opportunity to interact on mobile devices, often across multiple screens simultaneously.
In the process, a radically progressive vision of the television as a universal appliance is beginning to be realised: a mutable screen that combines as a media player and games console, a global communications device, a university and professional training resource, a shopping mall, and so much more besides.
But who will truly profit from a profoundly changing broadcasting environment where ‘apps are channels’ and a public service broadcaster like Channel 4 goes head to head with Angry Birds? Will Internet savvy production companies cut out the networks and go straight to the consumer? And will we see a new form of public broadcasting as museums, theatres and charities enter the fray?
Seeking A's to Q's, we travelled to the HQ of Zeebox, a social television service and British startup that has been taking control of the TV experience in a fiendishly intelligent manner. The company’s CTO Anthony Rose, previously the BBC iPlayer boss who took the service to the masses, joined us to identify and connect the moving dots of that make up the networked television universe. We were also accompanied by Nick Brown, chairman of TBC Digital, an app developer for smart TVs, and heard from Simon Brickle, MD of the second screen entertainment company Monterosa, and Bill Thompson, the BBC's resident digital iconoclast.
Find out more about innovation in an age of radical change at www.futurehuman.co.uk.
You can also:
Mail us at futurehuman@goodpublishing.co.uk
Tweet us at www.twitter.com/futurehumanista The Future Human Podcast is back to offer a fresh…The Future Human Podcast is back to offer a fresh dose of laudable audio and future tensity. In Small TV, we explore how software apps are metamorphosing the television industry.
The humble TV set is evolving into a rich computer interface: peripherals such as Sky+, Xbox, and Apple TV offer television shows on-demand, apps like BBC iPlayer access timeshifted broadcast material, and TV programmes offer ample opportunity to interact on mobile devices, often across multiple screens simultaneously.
In the process, a radically progressive vision of the television as a universal appliance is beginning to be realised: a mutable screen that combines as a media player and games console, a global communications device, a university and professional training resource, a shopping mall, and so much more besides.
But who will truly profit from a profoundly changing broadcasting environment where ‘apps are channels’ and a public service broadcaster like Channel 4 goes head to head with Angry Birds? Will Internet savvy production companies cut out the networks and go straight to the consumer? And will we see a new form of public broadcasting as museums, theatres and charities enter the fray?
Seeking A's to Q's, we travelled to the HQ of Zeebox, a social television service and British startup that has been taking control of the TV experience in a fiendishly intelligent manner. The company’s CTO Anthony Rose, previously the BBC iPlayer boss who took the service to the masses, joined us to identify and connect the moving dots of that make up the networked television universe. We were also accompanied by Nick Brown, chairman of TBC Digital, an app developer for smart TVs, and heard from Simon Brickle, MD of the second screen entertainment company Monterosa, and Bill Thompson, the BBC's resident digital iconoclast.
Find out more about innovation in an age of radical change at www.futurehuman.co.uk.
You can also:
Mail us at futurehuman@goodpublishing.co.uk
Tweet us at www.twitter.com/futurehumanista tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/75291002#19 XX VisionThu, 17 Jan 2013 11:04:05 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/19-xx-vision
00:38:16The Future Human PodcastnoThe latest edition of The Future Human Podcast is ‘XX Vision’: a rejection of testosteronic aggression in favour of a feminised corporate culture that preaches risk awareness, emotional due diligence and a ‘profit with principles’ that embraces social and environmental causes.
This cultural template for business, first outlined in Iceland by the female founders of Audur Capital, is flourishing in a market where female CEOs are increasingly prized by major companies and small startups alike, and where ground level managerial cultures are quietly transforming into matriarchies.
However, many women argue such an explicitly gendered vision of business can be as restricting as it is empowering. Are they right? And can the aspiring female businesswoman really succeed by playing a game in which men set the rules, or in boardrooms that are not heterogenous?
To find out, we headed to the offices of Delta Economics to meet its founder Dr. Rebecca Harding, an expert on female-led social enterprise who has successfully nurtured a startup in the traditionally male dominated world of financial services. We’re also joined by Servane Mouazan, founder of the female entrepreneur network Ogunte, who appeared on a panel debate at our XX Vision salon.
We also hear from Theresa Burton, founder of Buzzbnk, and serial entrepreneur Cindy Gallop, as well as Jean Hannah Edelstein, who lays out a blueprint for XX Vision for us. Disagreeing with some of the ideas outlined by Jean and Cindy, the pod guests consider the challenges thrown at women who are aggressively ambitious, why successful female entrepreneurs gravitate towards certain business fields, and the broader social expectations that restrict female aspiration.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanThe latest edition of The Future Human Podcast is…The latest edition of The Future Human Podcast is ‘XX Vision’: a rejection of testosteronic aggression in favour of a feminised corporate culture that preaches risk awareness, emotional due diligence and a ‘profit with principles’ that embraces social and environmental causes.
This cultural template for business, first outlined in Iceland by the female founders of Audur Capital, is flourishing in a market where female CEOs are increasingly prized by major companies and small startups alike, and where ground level managerial cultures are quietly transforming into matriarchies.
However, many women argue such an explicitly gendered vision of business can be as restricting as it is empowering. Are they right? And can the aspiring female businesswoman really succeed by playing a game in which men set the rules, or in boardrooms that are not heterogenous?
To find out, we headed to the offices of Delta Economics to meet its founder Dr. Rebecca Harding, an expert on female-led social enterprise who has successfully nurtured a startup in the traditionally male dominated world of financial services. We’re also joined by Servane Mouazan, founder of the female entrepreneur network Ogunte, who appeared on a panel debate at our XX Vision salon.
We also hear from Theresa Burton, founder of Buzzbnk, and serial entrepreneur Cindy Gallop, as well as Jean Hannah Edelstein, who lays out a blueprint for XX Vision for us. Disagreeing with some of the ideas outlined by Jean and Cindy, the pod guests consider the challenges thrown at women who are aggressively ambitious, why successful female entrepreneurs gravitate towards certain business fields, and the broader social expectations that restrict female aspiration.
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00:42:27The Future Human PodcastnoIn Body Hacking we explore the personalised medicine movement that's revolutionising healthcare, and focus on the scientist-entrepreneurs who are reinventing medicine from their bedrooms, garages and employers’ laboratories.
The falling cost of genome sequencing, where our DNA is digitally profiled, suggests the existing ‘one size fits all’ approach to medical diagnosis and treatment could soon be consigned to the past. From pocket-sized kits that sample human DNA, microchip implants that keep tabs on our internal organs or assess our moods, and 3D printers that produce tailored hip replacements, the medical innovations of the ‘body hacking’ movement are beginning to filter into mainstream use.
Yet should we be concerned that individuals and private companies will increasingly be able to access our detailed genetic data? Might this information be used against us? And can the global biohacking movement really unsettle the dominance of the world’s corporate pharmaceutical giants?
Searching for answers, Future Human's Jack Gwilym Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas travelled to the City of London headquarters of IPGroup, a venture capital firm who fund some of the UK’s most exciting medical startups. We meet Mark Warne, their Head of Life Sciences, and discuss how the innovations of the Body Hacking movement are being seen on the high street and in the treatment rooms of your local GP. We also meet Miguel Toribio-Mateas, the founder of the personalised nutrition company Naturopatica, who explains how personalised medicine is complicated by epigenetics and nutrigenomics and also why the heightened awareness of our health risks a mass outbreak of hypochondria.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanIn Body Hacking we explore the personalised medic…In Body Hacking we explore the personalised medicine movement that's revolutionising healthcare, and focus on the scientist-entrepreneurs who are reinventing medicine from their bedrooms, garages and employers’ laboratories.
The falling cost of genome sequencing, where our DNA is digitally profiled, suggests the existing ‘one size fits all’ approach to medical diagnosis and treatment could soon be consigned to the past. From pocket-sized kits that sample human DNA, microchip implants that keep tabs on our internal organs or assess our moods, and 3D printers that produce tailored hip replacements, the medical innovations of the ‘body hacking’ movement are beginning to filter into mainstream use.
Yet should we be concerned that individuals and private companies will increasingly be able to access our detailed genetic data? Might this information be used against us? And can the global biohacking movement really unsettle the dominance of the world’s corporate pharmaceutical giants?
Searching for answers, Future Human's Jack Gwilym Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas travelled to the City of London headquarters of IPGroup, a venture capital firm who fund some of the UK’s most exciting medical startups. We meet Mark Warne, their Head of Life Sciences, and discuss how the innovations of the Body Hacking movement are being seen on the high street and in the treatment rooms of your local GP. We also meet Miguel Toribio-Mateas, the founder of the personalised nutrition company Naturopatica, who explains how personalised medicine is complicated by epigenetics and nutrigenomics and also why the heightened awareness of our health risks a mass outbreak of hypochondria.
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00:39:41The Future Human PodcastnoDocumenting our relentless quest to understand innovation in an age of radical and accelerating change, this latest edition of The Future Human Podcast investigates how digital authors are profiting from the chasmic transition to electronic reading and creating collateral damage in the process.
Just two years ago, a work of messageboard ‘fanfic’ re-imagining the Twilight Saga as a saucy S&M romp was self-published as an ebook. Today, its creator E.L. James is the bestselling author of all time on Amazon.co.uk and the Fifty Shades trilogy is a blockbusting global sensation. Yet the unprecedented success of a self-published ‘mummy porn’ ebook is merely an early symptom of a tremendous metamorphosis that is taking place within the book publishing industry.
A panoply of digital tools and community publishing platforms such as Wattpad and CreateSpace have reduced the cost of marketing and distributing a book dramatically, propelling unknown authors towards professionalism. This process is disrupting and augmenting the traditional book publishing career path that connects writers to literary agents to commissioning editors to printers.
Meanwhile, established authors like Seth Godin and Rich Burlew are taking advantage of a fluid ebooks market to assert more control over their work and claw back a greater chunk of the returns. Online author collectives like The League of Extraordinary Authors are thriving, and emerging ‘digital first’ publishing imprints are ditching paper altogether.
So are we witnessing the mass idolatry of the digital amateur or the birth of a better, more networked literary culture? How will mass market publishers ride out the next decade? And how are DIY digital authors innovating to bypass the existing hierarchies?
Joining Future Human's Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Jack Gwilym Roberts to discuss these questions are Sam Jordison, founder of Galley Beggar, a newly launched small press, and Henry Volans, head of digital publishing at Faber. They explain how authors are finding new ways to market books and ‘work their brand’ online, weigh the merits of a traditional publishing deal’s prestige against the eroding stigma of self-publishing, and examine contemporary innovations in fiction distribution.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanDocumenting our relentless quest to understand in…Documenting our relentless quest to understand innovation in an age of radical and accelerating change, this latest edition of The Future Human Podcast investigates how digital authors are profiting from the chasmic transition to electronic reading and creating collateral damage in the process.
Just two years ago, a work of messageboard ‘fanfic’ re-imagining the Twilight Saga as a saucy S&M romp was self-published as an ebook. Today, its creator E.L. James is the bestselling author of all time on Amazon.co.uk and the Fifty Shades trilogy is a blockbusting global sensation. Yet the unprecedented success of a self-published ‘mummy porn’ ebook is merely an early symptom of a tremendous metamorphosis that is taking place within the book publishing industry.
A panoply of digital tools and community publishing platforms such as Wattpad and CreateSpace have reduced the cost of marketing and distributing a book dramatically, propelling unknown authors towards professionalism. This process is disrupting and augmenting the traditional book publishing career path that connects writers to literary agents to commissioning editors to printers.
Meanwhile, established authors like Seth Godin and Rich Burlew are taking advantage of a fluid ebooks market to assert more control over their work and claw back a greater chunk of the returns. Online author collectives like The League of Extraordinary Authors are thriving, and emerging ‘digital first’ publishing imprints are ditching paper altogether.
So are we witnessing the mass idolatry of the digital amateur or the birth of a better, more networked literary culture? How will mass market publishers ride out the next decade? And how are DIY digital authors innovating to bypass the existing hierarchies?
Joining Future Human's Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Jack Gwilym Roberts to discuss these questions are Sam Jordison, founder of Galley Beggar, a newly launched small press, and Henry Volans, head of digital publishing at Faber. They explain how authors are finding new ways to market books and ‘work their brand’ online, weigh the merits of a traditional publishing deal’s prestige against the eroding stigma of self-publishing, and examine contemporary innovations in fiction distribution.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumantag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/59594408#16 Destructive InnovationWed, 12 Sep 2012 13:25:29 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/16-destructive-innovation
00:40:12The Future Human PodcastnoThe Future Human Podcast is back with a new episode, ‘Destructive Innovation’, in which the team explore the true social cost of British innovation.
Why is ﬁnancial growth leading to less jobs and increasing social inequality, and how exactly do innovative companies contribute towards this process? Technology and ﬁnancial services companies, which have been championed by the government as 'wealth creators' and drivers of economic development, actually employ very few people relative to the revenue they generate. Take Facebook, whose 4000 employees were dwarfed by the vast US $104 billion valuation placed upon the company when it ﬂoated on the stock market. The long term consequences for Britain, in which the gains of innovation are so highly concentrated and where ﬁnancial ‘success’ is accompanied by rising levels of unemployment, are unclear.
At Future Human's Destructive Innovation salon we asked whether the public and political class’s obsession with ‘growth’ is quixotic, and volleyed questions with policy makers who help shape government economic strategy: Birgitte Andersen of the Big Innovation Centre, Geoff McCormick of The Alloy, and Albert Bravo-Biosca of Nesta. Could the Coalition’s faith in high-tech, high growth companies be fundamentally ﬂawed? And is the cost of disruptive innovation the unraveling of British society and its treasured public institutions?
Searching for answers, host Ben Beaumont-Thomas travels to the London headquarters of Nesta, ‘the innovation foundation’ that funds projects across the creative industries, science and technology. He talks once more to their Senior Economist Albert Bravo-Biosca, and is joined by John Rapley, an international economist and correspondent for Foreign Affairs magazine, and Future Human’s founder Jack Gwilym Roberts. They discuss the troubling implications of bubble economics, the power of social enterprise and the paradoxical nature of ‘creative destruction’.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanThe Future Human Podcast is back with a new episo…The Future Human Podcast is back with a new episode, ‘Destructive Innovation’, in which the team explore the true social cost of British innovation.
Why is ﬁnancial growth leading to less jobs and increasing social inequality, and how exactly do innovative companies contribute towards this process? Technology and ﬁnancial services companies, which have been championed by the government as 'wealth creators' and drivers of economic development, actually employ very few people relative to the revenue they generate. Take Facebook, whose 4000 employees were dwarfed by the vast US $104 billion valuation placed upon the company when it ﬂoated on the stock market. The long term consequences for Britain, in which the gains of innovation are so highly concentrated and where ﬁnancial ‘success’ is accompanied by rising levels of unemployment, are unclear.
At Future Human's Destructive Innovation salon we asked whether the public and political class’s obsession with ‘growth’ is quixotic, and volleyed questions with policy makers who help shape government economic strategy: Birgitte Andersen of the Big Innovation Centre, Geoff McCormick of The Alloy, and Albert Bravo-Biosca of Nesta. Could the Coalition’s faith in high-tech, high growth companies be fundamentally ﬂawed? And is the cost of disruptive innovation the unraveling of British society and its treasured public institutions?
Searching for answers, host Ben Beaumont-Thomas travels to the London headquarters of Nesta, ‘the innovation foundation’ that funds projects across the creative industries, science and technology. He talks once more to their Senior Economist Albert Bravo-Biosca, and is joined by John Rapley, an international economist and correspondent for Foreign Affairs magazine, and Future Human’s founder Jack Gwilym Roberts. They discuss the troubling implications of bubble economics, the power of social enterprise and the paradoxical nature of ‘creative destruction’.
Find out more about innovation in an age of radical change at www.futurehuman.co.uk.
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00:43:27The Future Human PodcastnoGrok Design explores the intermingled design intelligence that is revolutionising business.
Having recovered from its near death experience in the mid 90s, Apple jousts with Exxon Mobil for the status of the world’s most valuable company. Its blockbuster products – the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad – are seductive design objects. But design doesn’t just shape products at Apple. It shapes the company itself.
Apple is pioneering of a new kind of working culture where companies – not just office buildings, corporate identities or commodities – are reforming themselves using a collaborative design intelligence. We call this groundbreaking industrial process 'Grok Design'. 'Grok' is a word coined by the sci-fi author Robert Heinlein to describe a state of absolute empathy and intuition; Grok Design is the fusion of science, art and spirit that weds design intelligence to all of a company’s myriad functions.
Can any company improve their output by applying Grok Design principles? And could this underreported industrial process really have a greater impact on our society than Henry Ford’s assembly line?
Addressing these questions with host Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Future Human’s Jack Gwilym Roberts is Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum and the author of The Language of Things (Penguin). They discuss how close relationships between entrepreneurs and designers have shaped the iconic products of companies like Olivetti and Braun, why smart entrepreneurs are collaborating with designers to organise companies, and how digital culture is driving ‘guilt-free consumption’. We also hear from James Moed of the international design firm IDEO and industrial designer Sam Wilkinson, who discuss the merits of collaborative design.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanGrok Design explores the intermingled design inte…Grok Design explores the intermingled design intelligence that is revolutionising business.
Having recovered from its near death experience in the mid 90s, Apple jousts with Exxon Mobil for the status of the world’s most valuable company. Its blockbuster products – the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad – are seductive design objects. But design doesn’t just shape products at Apple. It shapes the company itself.
Apple is pioneering of a new kind of working culture where companies – not just office buildings, corporate identities or commodities – are reforming themselves using a collaborative design intelligence. We call this groundbreaking industrial process 'Grok Design'. 'Grok' is a word coined by the sci-fi author Robert Heinlein to describe a state of absolute empathy and intuition; Grok Design is the fusion of science, art and spirit that weds design intelligence to all of a company’s myriad functions.
Can any company improve their output by applying Grok Design principles? And could this underreported industrial process really have a greater impact on our society than Henry Ford’s assembly line?
Addressing these questions with host Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Future Human’s Jack Gwilym Roberts is Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum and the author of The Language of Things (Penguin). They discuss how close relationships between entrepreneurs and designers have shaped the iconic products of companies like Olivetti and Braun, why smart entrepreneurs are collaborating with designers to organise companies, and how digital culture is driving ‘guilt-free consumption’. We also hear from James Moed of the international design firm IDEO and industrial designer Sam Wilkinson, who discuss the merits of collaborative design.
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00:43:21The Future Human PodcastnoThe new episode of the Future Human Podcast is Gaming Normal, and examines how videogames are changing the way we work and consume.
Throughout human history games have been used as a tool for educating, conditioning and stimulating the human body and mind. When we enter into a state of ‘play’, we can become highly creative, bold and irreverent. Yet in contemporary mainstream culture, videogames have all too frequently been characterised as a corrupting diversion.
As mobile devices and game consoles soar in popularity though, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are learning how the mechanics of play can be used to incentivise workers, increase productivity and reward consumers. Subsequently a plethora of new ‘gamification’ strategies are being put into practise, such as sales teams who use digital leaderboards as motivational tools and apps that turn dieting into a game of challenge and reward. The potential benefits to our job satisfaction and health management could be huge.
But is ‘gamification’ just a fad, or a truly lasting revolution in the workplace? Which companies are getting the formula right? And what can we learn from the way our brains behave when we’re playing?
Addressing these questions with host Jack Gwilym Roberts and Future Human’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas are Adrian Hon, the founder of the game development company Six to Start, and the novelist and games writer Naomi Alderman. Together, Hon and Alderman co-created Zombies, Run!, a successful iPhone fitness game that invites players to enter an audio narrative where they must run to escape a zombie apocalypse.
They discuss how game structures and storytelling techniques can be used to motivate individuals, how poor game design can demotivate workers, and how the next generation of experiential games could come to be influenced by the practises of religious organisations.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanThe new episode of the Future Human Podcast is Ga…The new episode of the Future Human Podcast is Gaming Normal, and examines how videogames are changing the way we work and consume.
Throughout human history games have been used as a tool for educating, conditioning and stimulating the human body and mind. When we enter into a state of ‘play’, we can become highly creative, bold and irreverent. Yet in contemporary mainstream culture, videogames have all too frequently been characterised as a corrupting diversion.
As mobile devices and game consoles soar in popularity though, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are learning how the mechanics of play can be used to incentivise workers, increase productivity and reward consumers. Subsequently a plethora of new ‘gamification’ strategies are being put into practise, such as sales teams who use digital leaderboards as motivational tools and apps that turn dieting into a game of challenge and reward. The potential benefits to our job satisfaction and health management could be huge.
But is ‘gamification’ just a fad, or a truly lasting revolution in the workplace? Which companies are getting the formula right? And what can we learn from the way our brains behave when we’re playing?
Addressing these questions with host Jack Gwilym Roberts and Future Human’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas are Adrian Hon, the founder of the game development company Six to Start, and the novelist and games writer Naomi Alderman. Together, Hon and Alderman co-created Zombies, Run!, a successful iPhone fitness game that invites players to enter an audio narrative where they must run to escape a zombie apocalypse.
They discuss how game structures and storytelling techniques can be used to motivate individuals, how poor game design can demotivate workers, and how the next generation of experiential games could come to be influenced by the practises of religious organisations.
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00:39:53The Future Human PodcastnoThe Future Human Podcast is back with Transparent Life, which explores how data visualisation tools are changing the way we understand both ourselves and our environment.
The boundaries between virtual and physical existence are increasingly blurred – as Facebook attempts to digitise our life history in social media and CCTV cameras connect to facial recognition databases, the relationship between our private selves and our public selves is changing. Like it or not, life is becoming more transparent.
Facebook is only the beginning though. Whether it’s wearable technology that ‘augments reality’ to aid our daily routine, identity search engines that track an individual’s net worth, or data-rich and geolocated ‘personae’ that follow us around like ghosts, new technologies are imposing a ‘data layer’ upon our living environment, and creating a new digital medium for human experience in the process.
Will privacy become an outmoded concept? To what extent will the post-industrial milieu become a canvas for human creativity? And are we psychologically prepared for a world in which our every interaction is recorded in public space?
To answer these questions, Future Human's Jack Gwilym Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas headed to Brighton, and the headquarters of Digicave, a company that is leading the way in bringing physical experiences into the virtual space (and vice versa). We discuss their work with their CEO, Callum Rex Reid, and get input from Keiichi Matsuda, a filmmaker and designer whose work imagines futures where data is suspended all around us.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanThe Future Human Podcast is back with Transparent…The Future Human Podcast is back with Transparent Life, which explores how data visualisation tools are changing the way we understand both ourselves and our environment.
The boundaries between virtual and physical existence are increasingly blurred – as Facebook attempts to digitise our life history in social media and CCTV cameras connect to facial recognition databases, the relationship between our private selves and our public selves is changing. Like it or not, life is becoming more transparent.
Facebook is only the beginning though. Whether it’s wearable technology that ‘augments reality’ to aid our daily routine, identity search engines that track an individual’s net worth, or data-rich and geolocated ‘personae’ that follow us around like ghosts, new technologies are imposing a ‘data layer’ upon our living environment, and creating a new digital medium for human experience in the process.
Will privacy become an outmoded concept? To what extent will the post-industrial milieu become a canvas for human creativity? And are we psychologically prepared for a world in which our every interaction is recorded in public space?
To answer these questions, Future Human's Jack Gwilym Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas headed to Brighton, and the headquarters of Digicave, a company that is leading the way in bringing physical experiences into the virtual space (and vice versa). We discuss their work with their CEO, Callum Rex Reid, and get input from Keiichi Matsuda, a filmmaker and designer whose work imagines futures where data is suspended all around us.
Find out more about innovation in an age of radical change at www.futurehuman.co.uk.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumantag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/44208140#12 Closing NetTue, 24 Apr 2012 15:46:33 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/12-closing-net
00:34:04The Future Human PodcastnoThe Future Human Podcast returns with Closing Net, in which the team explore how governments and corporations are using the Internet as a tool of control.
The World Wide Web has increasingly become the battleground of a secretive ‘information war’ between the world’s leading powers. Practises range from the subtle, such as the the Russian government’s use of mafia hackers to attack Georgian websites, to the obvious, such as China’s censorship of Western news sites.
The picture has grown more complex, however, as anonymous hackers have targeted governments, corporate giants and their shadowy proxies in the information security industry. Reacting to this threat, states and corporate giants alike are developing new tools of digital surveillance to monitor the activities of the ‘information anarchists’. Increasingly though, these new tools are being used to surveil the general public, and to suppress dissent on a mass scale.
Is ‘digital vigilantism’ here to stay? Can the utopian ideals of the Web – of openness and universal expression – ever be realised in a meaningful sense? And to what extent will information conflict fuel new forms of criminality and terrorism in the UK?
Joining Future Human’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas to address these vital questions is Sam Jordison, presenter of the Closing Net salon, and Gabrielle Guillemin, a lawyer from the free speech NGO Article 19. They hear from Article 19 head Agnes Callamard, the information security expert Daniel Cuthbert and from the Occupy London activist Samuel Carlisle, and attempt to understand this complicated picture.
Ben also meets Jim Killock, chairman of the Open Rights Group, at the London headquarters of the digital liberty organisation, where he learns about the UK government’s plans to monitor social networking activity.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanThe Future Human Podcast returns with Closing Net…The Future Human Podcast returns with Closing Net, in which the team explore how governments and corporations are using the Internet as a tool of control.
The World Wide Web has increasingly become the battleground of a secretive ‘information war’ between the world’s leading powers. Practises range from the subtle, such as the the Russian government’s use of mafia hackers to attack Georgian websites, to the obvious, such as China’s censorship of Western news sites.
The picture has grown more complex, however, as anonymous hackers have targeted governments, corporate giants and their shadowy proxies in the information security industry. Reacting to this threat, states and corporate giants alike are developing new tools of digital surveillance to monitor the activities of the ‘information anarchists’. Increasingly though, these new tools are being used to surveil the general public, and to suppress dissent on a mass scale.
Is ‘digital vigilantism’ here to stay? Can the utopian ideals of the Web – of openness and universal expression – ever be realised in a meaningful sense? And to what extent will information conflict fuel new forms of criminality and terrorism in the UK?
Joining Future Human’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas to address these vital questions is Sam Jordison, presenter of the Closing Net salon, and Gabrielle Guillemin, a lawyer from the free speech NGO Article 19. They hear from Article 19 head Agnes Callamard, the information security expert Daniel Cuthbert and from the Occupy London activist Samuel Carlisle, and attempt to understand this complicated picture.
Ben also meets Jim Killock, chairman of the Open Rights Group, at the London headquarters of the digital liberty organisation, where he learns about the UK government’s plans to monitor social networking activity.
Find out more about innovation in an age of radical change at www.futurehuman.co.uk.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumantag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/41240253#11 Liquid CityWed, 28 Mar 2012 16:15:17 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/11-liquid-city
00:37:39The Future Human PodcastnoIn Liquid City, the Future Human team explore the sometimes surprising conditions that make innovation flow in a metropolis.
Thanks to a strange alchemy of research institutions, economic and technological improvisation and countercultural rebellion, Silicon Valley has grown to become the innovation capital of Earth. Many countries have studied the unique environment and culture of the Valley, and attempted to cultivate similar conditions in their own innovation capitals, but the story of such government engineered projects is generally one of failure. Can the UK buck this trend with its ‘Tech City’ initiative, which aims to transform East London into the ‘digital capital of Europe’? Or could this grand project backfire and disrupt the informal feedback loop that has led to rapid growth in East London’s nascent tech startup scene?
Joining Jack Gwilym Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas of Future Human are two of the UK’s leading figures in urban renewal. Max Nathan is a researcher at LSE Cities and the Centre for London, whose work focuses on how diversity economically enriches cities; and Eric Van Der Kleij, CEO of the Tech City project, who has been tasked by David Cameron to bring investment and major tech players to East London, as well as nurturing startup businesses.
They discuss the potential benefits of the arrival of Google and other major technology companies, the role that governments such as the UK should play in fostering innovation hotspots, and the social and economic displacements that these developments inevitably bring.
We apologise for the brief lapses in sound quality during this podcast, which were caused by a technical fault.In Liquid City, the Future Human team explore the…In Liquid City, the Future Human team explore the sometimes surprising conditions that make innovation flow in a metropolis.
Thanks to a strange alchemy of research institutions, economic and technological improvisation and countercultural rebellion, Silicon Valley has grown to become the innovation capital of Earth. Many countries have studied the unique environment and culture of the Valley, and attempted to cultivate similar conditions in their own innovation capitals, but the story of such government engineered projects is generally one of failure. Can the UK buck this trend with its ‘Tech City’ initiative, which aims to transform East London into the ‘digital capital of Europe’? Or could this grand project backfire and disrupt the informal feedback loop that has led to rapid growth in East London’s nascent tech startup scene?
Joining Jack Gwilym Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas of Future Human are two of the UK’s leading figures in urban renewal. Max Nathan is a researcher at LSE Cities and the Centre for London, whose work focuses on how diversity economically enriches cities; and Eric Van Der Kleij, CEO of the Tech City project, who has been tasked by David Cameron to bring investment and major tech players to East London, as well as nurturing startup businesses.
They discuss the potential benefits of the arrival of Google and other major technology companies, the role that governments such as the UK should play in fostering innovation hotspots, and the social and economic displacements that these developments inevitably bring.
We apologise for the brief lapses in sound quality during this podcast, which were caused by a technical fault.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/37454123#10 Social AnimalsWed, 22 Feb 2012 12:28:34 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/10-social-animals
00:38:38The Future Human PodcastnoIn Social Animals, the Future Human team take a deep dive into the psychology and economics of social networks.
Google revolutionised the advertising world by serving consumers with relevant advertising based on what they were looking for online. Over the last five years, Facebook has manoeuvred itself into a position that might see it offer an even more potent service, in which users perform advertising for a brand without realising it. By turning ‘like’ from a verb into a noun, it has transformed our personal tastes, alliances and communications into clickable marketing opportunities.
Elsewhere, social networks are multiplying to serve ever more niche concerns, and virtual economies of status and reputation are rising to the fore, and being harnessed by enterprising individuals and companies alike.
But exactly how are our desires being commoditised? Can our personal identity, reputation and status really be transacted? And with our lives being played out online and our complex tastes being reduced to thumbs up/thumbs down binaries, are we seeing our personalities changing as a result?
Joining podcast host Jack Roberts to discuss these questions are fellow futurehumanista Ben Beaumont-Thomas; social networking CEO Alex Halliday, who runs the ‘make your own social network’ site SocialGo; and the London Business School’s Xi Zou, who is conducting pioneering research into human behaviour within social networks.
They discuss the commercial opportunities, status anxieties and behavioural patterns that are redefining the rapidly evolving world of interactive social networks.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehuman In Social Animals, the Future Human team take a d…In Social Animals, the Future Human team take a deep dive into the psychology and economics of social networks.
Google revolutionised the advertising world by serving consumers with relevant advertising based on what they were looking for online. Over the last five years, Facebook has manoeuvred itself into a position that might see it offer an even more potent service, in which users perform advertising for a brand without realising it. By turning ‘like’ from a verb into a noun, it has transformed our personal tastes, alliances and communications into clickable marketing opportunities.
Elsewhere, social networks are multiplying to serve ever more niche concerns, and virtual economies of status and reputation are rising to the fore, and being harnessed by enterprising individuals and companies alike.
But exactly how are our desires being commoditised? Can our personal identity, reputation and status really be transacted? And with our lives being played out online and our complex tastes being reduced to thumbs up/thumbs down binaries, are we seeing our personalities changing as a result?
Joining podcast host Jack Roberts to discuss these questions are fellow futurehumanista Ben Beaumont-Thomas; social networking CEO Alex Halliday, who runs the ‘make your own social network’ site SocialGo; and the London Business School’s Xi Zou, who is conducting pioneering research into human behaviour within social networks.
They discuss the commercial opportunities, status anxieties and behavioural patterns that are redefining the rapidly evolving world of interactive social networks.
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00:39:03The Future Human PodcastnoIn Micro Manufacturing, the Future Human team explore how 3D printing technology is starting a new Industrial Revolution.
Over the next 10 years, we’re going to see digital economics upturn industrial production and the physical world of ‘things’, as emerging printing technologies and the distribution efficiencies of the Internet give individuals the power to challenge the giants of the manufacturing sector.
The advent of affordable 3D printers is offering would-be designers the scope to produce a panoply of products: plastic toys, furniture fixtures, electronic components – even finely crafted chocolates. All of these items can be reproduced today using 3D design files supplied from anywhere in the world, with printing projects like RepRap and Makerbot lowering the economic barriers every year. Meanwhile, open source initiatives and skill sharing hackspaces are building enthusiastic communities who support product design.
But will the Micro Manufacturing movement really challenge the behemoths of global trade or will it remain a niche concern? And how will the new hordes of ‘makers’ circumvent the problems of digital piracy and ensure their printing enterprises remain profitable?
Podcast host Ben Beaumont-Thomas discusses these questions and others with fellow Futurehumanista Jack Roberts, as well as two Micro Manufacturing pioneers: Assa Ashuach, a product designer and co-founder of 3D printing company Digital Forming, and Soner Ozenc, founder of Razorlab, a laser-cutting company who recently partnered with Ponoko, the global leaders in Micro Manufacturing. We also hear from Brendan Dawes of Beep Industries, a product designer who uses 3D printing to prototype his designs at home.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanIn Micro Manufacturing, the Future Human team exp…In Micro Manufacturing, the Future Human team explore how 3D printing technology is starting a new Industrial Revolution.
Over the next 10 years, we’re going to see digital economics upturn industrial production and the physical world of ‘things’, as emerging printing technologies and the distribution efficiencies of the Internet give individuals the power to challenge the giants of the manufacturing sector.
The advent of affordable 3D printers is offering would-be designers the scope to produce a panoply of products: plastic toys, furniture fixtures, electronic components – even finely crafted chocolates. All of these items can be reproduced today using 3D design files supplied from anywhere in the world, with printing projects like RepRap and Makerbot lowering the economic barriers every year. Meanwhile, open source initiatives and skill sharing hackspaces are building enthusiastic communities who support product design.
But will the Micro Manufacturing movement really challenge the behemoths of global trade or will it remain a niche concern? And how will the new hordes of ‘makers’ circumvent the problems of digital piracy and ensure their printing enterprises remain profitable?
Podcast host Ben Beaumont-Thomas discusses these questions and others with fellow Futurehumanista Jack Roberts, as well as two Micro Manufacturing pioneers: Assa Ashuach, a product designer and co-founder of 3D printing company Digital Forming, and Soner Ozenc, founder of Razorlab, a laser-cutting company who recently partnered with Ponoko, the global leaders in Micro Manufacturing. We also hear from Brendan Dawes of Beep Industries, a product designer who uses 3D printing to prototype his designs at home.
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00:36:29The Future Human PodcastnoIn ‘Instant Art’, the Future Human team explore how the mobile Internet and touchscreen technology is reshaping the art world both creatively and economically.
The explosion in smartphone and tablet computer adoption has provided artists with a new canvas, with apps like Procreate and Brushes offering new possibilities for the composition, distribution and sale of digital artwork. The way that art is valued and sold is also changing, with ventures like Art.sy and Saatchi Online using powerful algorithms to serve up potential art purchases to users. But will the ‘tap revolution’ herald a great flattening of the art market? Or will the old elites ensure collecting fine art remains a pursuit of the ultra wealthy?
Future Human regulars Jack Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas discuss this new frontier of the art world with two digital art startup pioneers, Ian Barham and Nick Boyce, who have worked with a series of different companies including The Art Group, MagnoliaBox and Artistic.ly. They discuss their work in bringing great art to the masses via print-on-demand technology, as well as the prospects for virtualised sales of digital artwork, the future of the high-market for art, and the increasingly blurry definition of the ‘art object’.
We also hear from Julian Stallabrass of the Courtauld Institute, a theorist who has followed Internet-based art since the mid-90s, and from Brian Fulkerson of the innovative UK-based startup Artfinder, who explains why he thinks mobile is opening up an entirely new and global market for art.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanIn ‘Instant Art’, the Future Human team explore h…In ‘Instant Art’, the Future Human team explore how the mobile Internet and touchscreen technology is reshaping the art world both creatively and economically.
The explosion in smartphone and tablet computer adoption has provided artists with a new canvas, with apps like Procreate and Brushes offering new possibilities for the composition, distribution and sale of digital artwork. The way that art is valued and sold is also changing, with ventures like Art.sy and Saatchi Online using powerful algorithms to serve up potential art purchases to users. But will the ‘tap revolution’ herald a great flattening of the art market? Or will the old elites ensure collecting fine art remains a pursuit of the ultra wealthy?
Future Human regulars Jack Roberts and Ben Beaumont-Thomas discuss this new frontier of the art world with two digital art startup pioneers, Ian Barham and Nick Boyce, who have worked with a series of different companies including The Art Group, MagnoliaBox and Artistic.ly. They discuss their work in bringing great art to the masses via print-on-demand technology, as well as the prospects for virtualised sales of digital artwork, the future of the high-market for art, and the increasingly blurry definition of the ‘art object’.
We also hear from Julian Stallabrass of the Courtauld Institute, a theorist who has followed Internet-based art since the mid-90s, and from Brian Fulkerson of the innovative UK-based startup Artfinder, who explains why he thinks mobile is opening up an entirely new and global market for art.
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00:39:56The Future Human PodcastnoIn ‘New Medievalism’, the Future Human team find out how globalisation is powering the explosive rise of modern feudal societies and micronations who challenge the sovereignty of nation states. They range from Brazilian gangs who trade drugs internationally while providing favela dwellers with rudimentary welfare, to ultra wealthy American entrepreneurs are planning to establish inhabitable nations in the middle of the sea.
Host Jack Roberts is joined by John Rapley, a correspondent for Foreign Affairs magazine who is writing a book on the New Medievalism phenomena, and also Future Human stalwarts Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Oliver Beatty. They discuss the characteristics of new medieval cultures from Jamaica to Senegal, investigate how informal economies develop amongst gangs and other subcultures and question the implications for Britain’s recession hit society.
We also hear from the BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker Amelia Hann, who gives an insider’s insight into gang life across the globe, and also the distinguished BBC business broadcaster Peter Day, who makes the case that NGOs and banks are the true modern medieval powers.
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In ‘New Medievalism’, the Future Human team find …In ‘New Medievalism’, the Future Human team find out how globalisation is powering the explosive rise of modern feudal societies and micronations who challenge the sovereignty of nation states. They range from Brazilian gangs who trade drugs internationally while providing favela dwellers with rudimentary welfare, to ultra wealthy American entrepreneurs are planning to establish inhabitable nations in the middle of the sea.
Host Jack Roberts is joined by John Rapley, a correspondent for Foreign Affairs magazine who is writing a book on the New Medievalism phenomena, and also Future Human stalwarts Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Oliver Beatty. They discuss the characteristics of new medieval cultures from Jamaica to Senegal, investigate how informal economies develop amongst gangs and other subcultures and question the implications for Britain’s recession hit society.
We also hear from the BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker Amelia Hann, who gives an insider’s insight into gang life across the globe, and also the distinguished BBC business broadcaster Peter Day, who makes the case that NGOs and banks are the true modern medieval powers.
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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/28150901#6 Sonic BoomWed, 16 Nov 2011 12:10:54 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/6-sonic-boom
00:34:50The Future Human PodcastnoIn ‘Sonic Boom’, host Jack Roberts is joined by Dave Haynes from the online music platform Soundcloud, journalist Jennifer Allan of The Wire magazine, and Future Human’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas. They discuss how the advance of instrument technology is changing the way music is composed and distributed, and provoking an explosion in musical creativity that is broadening the possibilities of sound.
We also hear from musician Matthew Herbert, who expresses his frustration at preset sounds and the ‘vacuum of ideas’ in modern music; writer Adam Harper, whose recently published book Infinite Music examines the breadth of musical expression possible with modern technology; and producer of the moment Subeena, who questions whether today’s listener places a premium on the originality of a sound.
Since the first flute was carved from bone, man has enthusiastically adopted the latest technologies to express himself musically. From Pierre Schaeffer cutting magnetic tape to J Dilla cutting samples, recording technology has been manipulated to create astonishing sound worlds.
Now, cheap and intuitive music-making software is available to the masses via mobile devices and we're seeing more people make music than ever before. The technology is becoming so sophisticated that generative music and sonification techniques are practically giving computers creative agency. But is truly new, powerfully affecting music being created, or are we simply hearing the same old sounds rehashed? And how will social networking, and the capacity to share data more freely, affect the way we write, discover and listen to music?
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanIn ‘Sonic Boom’, host Jack Roberts is joined by D…In ‘Sonic Boom’, host Jack Roberts is joined by Dave Haynes from the online music platform Soundcloud, journalist Jennifer Allan of The Wire magazine, and Future Human’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas. They discuss how the advance of instrument technology is changing the way music is composed and distributed, and provoking an explosion in musical creativity that is broadening the possibilities of sound.
We also hear from musician Matthew Herbert, who expresses his frustration at preset sounds and the ‘vacuum of ideas’ in modern music; writer Adam Harper, whose recently published book Infinite Music examines the breadth of musical expression possible with modern technology; and producer of the moment Subeena, who questions whether today’s listener places a premium on the originality of a sound.
Since the first flute was carved from bone, man has enthusiastically adopted the latest technologies to express himself musically. From Pierre Schaeffer cutting magnetic tape to J Dilla cutting samples, recording technology has been manipulated to create astonishing sound worlds.
Now, cheap and intuitive music-making software is available to the masses via mobile devices and we're seeing more people make music than ever before. The technology is becoming so sophisticated that generative music and sonification techniques are practically giving computers creative agency. But is truly new, powerfully affecting music being created, or are we simply hearing the same old sounds rehashed? And how will social networking, and the capacity to share data more freely, affect the way we write, discover and listen to music?
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00:39:00The Future Human PodcastnoJack Roberts hosts ‘Immersion Drama’, in which the Future Human team investigate how digital technologies are bringing about a paradigm shift in narrative entertainment, and satisfying new audience demands for immersion, interactivity and personalised experience. Joining him in the studio to discuss the emergence of a ‘fourth dimension of storytelling’ are Paul Bennun, creative head of the cross-platform media production company Somethin’ Else; Lynn Goh and Simone Kenyon, producers at the pioneering Battersea Arts Centre and of the Distance festival; and Future Human regular Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
The ‘immersion drama’ elevates the fictional narrative to the realms of personal experience, prioritising feeling over interpretation. This 'fourth dimension' can be seen in the rise of 3D films such as Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Avatar, in the increasingly sophisticated narratives of interactive videogames like L.A. Noire or Heavy Rain, in ‘transmedia’ stories that invite us to participate in the physical world and on the web, and in groundbreaking live theatre that blurs the boundaries between our real and imagined experiences. In this podcast the Future Human team profile these and other cutting edge 'immersion drama' projects, find out why economic factors are driving their development, and question the likely evolution of the trend.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanJack Roberts hosts ‘Immersion Drama’, in which th…Jack Roberts hosts ‘Immersion Drama’, in which the Future Human team investigate how digital technologies are bringing about a paradigm shift in narrative entertainment, and satisfying new audience demands for immersion, interactivity and personalised experience. Joining him in the studio to discuss the emergence of a ‘fourth dimension of storytelling’ are Paul Bennun, creative head of the cross-platform media production company Somethin’ Else; Lynn Goh and Simone Kenyon, producers at the pioneering Battersea Arts Centre and of the Distance festival; and Future Human regular Ben Beaumont-Thomas.
The ‘immersion drama’ elevates the fictional narrative to the realms of personal experience, prioritising feeling over interpretation. This 'fourth dimension' can be seen in the rise of 3D films such as Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Avatar, in the increasingly sophisticated narratives of interactive videogames like L.A. Noire or Heavy Rain, in ‘transmedia’ stories that invite us to participate in the physical world and on the web, and in groundbreaking live theatre that blurs the boundaries between our real and imagined experiences. In this podcast the Future Human team profile these and other cutting edge 'immersion drama' projects, find out why economic factors are driving their development, and question the likely evolution of the trend.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumantag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/25866164#4 Microchic ShakeupWed, 19 Oct 2011 01:04:30 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/4-microchic-shakeup
00:31:46The Future Human PodcastnoIn ‘Microchic Shake-up’, the Future Human team find out how the Internet is forcing Big Fashion to think small to survive. With the ubiquity of global trend information services, style blogs and social media, a new breed of fashion consumer is emerging whose tastes are increasingly global and granular. Welcome to the age of 'microchic' where small is special, and 'special' is universally accessible and in demand.
Host Oliver Beatty is joined by Ben Beaumont-Thomas, and the founders of two of the UK’s most exciting fashion startups. They are Ari Helgason, the founder of revolutionary online boutique Fabricly as well as the 'World on a Hanger' software platform that greatly simplifies the process of running a fashion business, and also Chris Morton, the founder of a social news feed called Lyst that helps consumers follow designers and discover new products. Together, they discuss the future of the fashion industry and how the great 'microchic' revolution has informed their own business visions.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanIn ‘Microchic Shake-up’, the Future Human team fi…In ‘Microchic Shake-up’, the Future Human team find out how the Internet is forcing Big Fashion to think small to survive. With the ubiquity of global trend information services, style blogs and social media, a new breed of fashion consumer is emerging whose tastes are increasingly global and granular. Welcome to the age of 'microchic' where small is special, and 'special' is universally accessible and in demand.
Host Oliver Beatty is joined by Ben Beaumont-Thomas, and the founders of two of the UK’s most exciting fashion startups. They are Ari Helgason, the founder of revolutionary online boutique Fabricly as well as the 'World on a Hanger' software platform that greatly simplifies the process of running a fashion business, and also Chris Morton, the founder of a social news feed called Lyst that helps consumers follow designers and discover new products. Together, they discuss the future of the fashion industry and how the great 'microchic' revolution has informed their own business visions.
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00:41:16The Future Human PodcastnoBen Beaumont-Thomas hosts ‘Data Journalism’, in which the Future Human team explore how hacker culture is transforming the way information is made public. Joining him in the studio are Martin Moore, founder of the pioneering media ethics charity The Media Standards Trust, and also Future Human regulars Jack Roberts and Oliver Beatty.
Is the ‘information wants to be free’ ethic of the data journalism movement undermining the news industry or rejuvenating it in the eyes of the public? Mark Stephens, formerly the legal representative of Julian Assange, outlines his concern that hackers could have a censorious effect on free speech. Meanwhile, news editor Ben Leapman gives an inside perspective on how The Daily Telegraph handled the British MP’s expenses scandal, a data leak that Fleet Street has recognised as ‘the biggest story of the decade’.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumanBen Beaumont-Thomas hosts ‘Data Journalism’, in w…Ben Beaumont-Thomas hosts ‘Data Journalism’, in which the Future Human team explore how hacker culture is transforming the way information is made public. Joining him in the studio are Martin Moore, founder of the pioneering media ethics charity The Media Standards Trust, and also Future Human regulars Jack Roberts and Oliver Beatty.
Is the ‘information wants to be free’ ethic of the data journalism movement undermining the news industry or rejuvenating it in the eyes of the public? Mark Stephens, formerly the legal representative of Julian Assange, outlines his concern that hackers could have a censorious effect on free speech. Meanwhile, news editor Ben Leapman gives an inside perspective on how The Daily Telegraph handled the British MP’s expenses scandal, a data leak that Fleet Street has recognised as ‘the biggest story of the decade’.
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Or like us at www.facebook.com/futurehumantag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/23788185#2 End of the Oil AgeTue, 20 Sep 2011 21:56:16 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/2-end-of-the-oil-age
00:39:31The Future Human PodcastnoIn ‘End of the Oil Age’, the Future Human team investigate how the peak oil crisis is giving birth to a new age of energy. Host Ben Beaumont-Thomas is joined by Mark Stevenson, author of An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, as well as Future Human regulars Jack Roberts and Oliver Beatty. They discuss how oil’s imminent decline could disrupt geopolitical stability, and force us to make difficult choices about our energy future.
Shaun Chamberlin, figurehead of the ‘Transition Culture’ movement, advocates for profound changes in our Western lifestyle, and Jeremy Leggett, CEO of Britain’s largest solar company, describes how working with Prime Minister David Cameron in India convinced him that the coming energy crisis will see Britain experience turmoil on a par with the Second World War.
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Or like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/futurehumanIn ‘End of the Oil Age’, the Future Human team in…In ‘End of the Oil Age’, the Future Human team investigate how the peak oil crisis is giving birth to a new age of energy. Host Ben Beaumont-Thomas is joined by Mark Stevenson, author of An Optimist’s Tour of the Future, as well as Future Human regulars Jack Roberts and Oliver Beatty. They discuss how oil’s imminent decline could disrupt geopolitical stability, and force us to make difficult choices about our energy future.
Shaun Chamberlin, figurehead of the ‘Transition Culture’ movement, advocates for profound changes in our Western lifestyle, and Jeremy Leggett, CEO of Britain’s largest solar company, describes how working with Prime Minister David Cameron in India convinced him that the coming energy crisis will see Britain experience turmoil on a par with the Second World War.
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Or like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/futurehumantag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/22635272#1 Total FilmmakingMon, 05 Sep 2011 10:30:02 +0000https://soundcloud.com/thefuturehumanpodcast/total-filmmaking
00:35:36The Future Human Podcastno
In ‘Total Filmmaking’, host Jack Roberts is joined by Wired correspondent Jennifer Allan, as well as Future Human regulars Oliver Beatty and Ben Beaumont-Thomas to discuss how a new breed of auteur-mogul is using ultra-cheap digital tools to rewrite the rules of the movie business.
Filmmaker Marc Price, who directed the micro-budget Cannes hit Colin, tells us how he saved money on gunfire sound effects by sampling Guy Fawkes night, and Liz Rosenthal, founder of Power to the Pixel, explains why the traditional festival and film licensing distribution model is being bypassed by directors like Timo Vuorensola, who collaborate with online communities to create and fund their pictures.
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In ‘Total Filmmaking’, host Jack Roberts is join…
In ‘Total Filmmaking’, host Jack Roberts is joined by Wired correspondent Jennifer Allan, as well as Future Human regulars Oliver Beatty and Ben Beaumont-Thomas to discuss how a new breed of auteur-mogul is using ultra-cheap digital tools to rewrite the rules of the movie business.
Filmmaker Marc Price, who directed the micro-budget Cannes hit Colin, tells us how he saved money on gunfire sound effects by sampling Guy Fawkes night, and Liz Rosenthal, founder of Power to the Pixel, explains why the traditional festival and film licensing distribution model is being bypassed by directors like Timo Vuorensola, who collaborate with online communities to create and fund their pictures.
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